The Cleaner at Glenden State School maintains a clean, hygienic and safe school environment by carrying out routine cleaning duties across classrooms, offices, amenities and outdoor areas, including floor care, waste removal and equipment maintenance.

The role also involves operating school security systems, locking and unlocking buildings, monitoring cleaning supplies, and reporting safety, security or maintenance concerns to school management.

Job details

About us:

Glenden State School Kindy-12 campus has forged a very strong school community partnership over the past several years.  As a result, our students have benefited from educational opportunities within the classrooms and through lifelong learning experiences available to them.  Collectively, this has provided them with a solid foundation to begin their early year's education and continue through to becoming active members of society at the completion of Year 12.

We are a K-12 school catering to the diverse and varied interests of our students and community. In many ways, we value the traditions of relationships forming the core of everything we do, and we work together to provide the best possible education for all our students.

To us, quality education encompasses the traditional elements of our school; embracing effective teaching and learning, and working to explore the universal themes of successful living in Central Queensland, Australia and in the world.

Through the year we participate in a range of curricular and co-curricular programs. Despite our remote location, our students are offered, and benefit from every opportunity we can give them to participate fully in their schooling.

We are proud to be a PBL school (Positive Behaviour for Learning) and in everything we do, we strive for SAFETY, SUCCESS and RESPECT.

Your opportunity:

• Cleaning windows, pictures, doorknobs, taps, sinks, drinking fountains, lavatory basins, glassware, glass doors and cupboards.
• Cleaning and sanitising toilet facilities and sick bays.
• Cleaning and maintaining equipment.
• Cobweb and mildew control, utilising extendable equipment as necessary.
• Cleaning of concrete, bitumen, asphalt and paved surfaces.
• Disposal of rubbish and litter control including removal of material from drains and gutters between and/or surrounding buildings.
• Dusting including student and office furniture, equipment and fans.
• Hosing, sweeping and vacuuming.
• Removal of graffiti.
• Vinyl/timber floor maintenance including buffing, stripping and polishing.
• Other appropriate cleaning duties as directed by the Principal/Business Manager.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 1-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CQR705408_26P Role Description (PDF, 277KB)
  
  
  Application Information Package (PDF, 285KB)
  Information Package for Applicants